The white-bearded Texan who went viral last week after being photographed with a sign in front of an Irving mosque revealed himself through a poignant Facebook post on Monday. His name is Justin Normand.

“I'M THE TEXAN WHO HELD THE ‘YOU BELONG’ SIGN IN FRONT OF THE MOSQUE IN IRVING,” Normand wrote.

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The sign read “You belong. Stay strong. Be blessed. We are one America.”

Twitter user @charlesfinch posted the photo on Saturday. It was retweeted more than 60,000 times and currently has 162,932 likes. The photo has also been shared on Facebook.

“I manage a sign shop, and so I had had the urge for a week or so to do this. Friday, I had a couple of spare hours in the afternoon, so I did,” Normand explained. “I made a sign, and I drove to the nearest mosque and stood out on the public sidewalk to share the peace with my neighbors. My marginalized, fearful, decent, targeted, Muslim neighbors.”

Irving, a city of approximately 232,000 people, has a small but growing Muslim population. Normand, a Presbyterian, called the experience “humbling” and encouraged others to follow his example. Ironically, the photo went viral the same weekend a series of hate letters were sent to several mosques in California.

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“This was about binding up the wounded. About showing compassion and empathy for the hurting and fearful among us. Or, in some Christian traditions, this was about washing my brother’s feet,” he wrote.